Cisco used an online product data sheet rather than the usual press fanfare to unveil its new UCS 6324 Fabric Interconnect for scaling its Cisco UCS server architecture to a maximum of 15 servers, fueling speculation that this is the expected "Mini UCS," or at least a prime component.
Cisco's partner certification and training arm this week introduced a number of new certifications designed to help partners wrap their heads around Cisco's software-defined networking and Internet of Things products.
EMC, VMware, Cisco, Dell, Yottabyte and who knows who else are planning or are thought to be planning to unveil their entries into the soon-to-be-crowded hyper-converged infrastructure market.
Don't focus so much on the hardware or worry about the details, solution providers are telling their customers. It's all about speed to use and performance.
VMware said it has over 150 paying NSX software-defined networking customers and over 300 VSAN software-defined storage customers, giving it a leg up in the move to develop software-defined data centers.
Cisco's DevNet program provides software developers and channel partners with Cisco APIs, developer kits and other resources to create new applications for Cisco ACI and other platforms.
Cisco's top cloud executive Nick Earle talks, in a recent interview with CRN, everything from customer interest in Intercloud to why Cisco's cloud strategy is the most partner-centric in the industry today. Here's a look at Earle's biggest takeaways.
The acquisition of disaster recovery technology provider InMage is only one of several moves to find new ways to bring more data to Microsoft Azure as a prelude to offering customers more cloud services.
The acquisition of disaster recovery technology provider InMage is only one of several moves to find new ways to bring more data to Microsoft Azure as a prelude to offering customers more cloud services.
Cisco and Microsoft are embarking on a three-year journey to drive deeper integration across their data center portfolios and to reward their mutual channel partners for going to market with joint Microsoft and Cisco solutions.
In an interview with CRN, Nick Earle says Cisco's Intercloud offers partners more opportunity -- and more money -- than they would get selling Amazon Web Services.
Tech Data has expanded its Cisco portfolio with the addition of Meraki cloud managed Wi-Fi services, a move it says is a huge opportunity for resellers looking to break into hybrid cloud markets.
The opportunities for solution providers selling cloud services stretch far beyond the sale of the service itself, says Cisco's Bob Gault. Here are five often-overlooked avenues.
EMC's new VMAX3 will run data services applications directly without the need for servers and, thanks to EMC's acquisition of TwinStrata, also will provide native cloud tiering to public clouds.
Multiple channel sources tell CRN that Cisco will soon launch a smaller version of Cisco's UCS servers targeting remote offices/branch offices, hyper-converged infrastructure, or hyper-scale data center environments.
Cisco and NetApp said for SDN, the choice in FlexPod will be Cisco's ACI technology, but FlexPod channel partners call the decision a risky one given VMware's influence.
Executives from both companies tell CRN that the open-source switch isn't something the average enterprise customer is going to buy into and that the strategy is loaded with hidden costs.
